Fishing Sustainably

All the pelagic fish that we catch come from well-managed, sustainable stocks; most with the gold standard Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) accreditation.
Our mid-water (pelagic) nets never come into contact with the sea bed and our catches are nearly always of a single species from a single stock (we take hardly any by-catch).
Our vessels are therefore amongst the most ecologically friendly on the planet.

Special Nets:

We use nets designed to let juvenile fish
escape. This ensures they can go on to
reproduce and contribute to the future
sustainability of the stock

Vessel Monitoring System (VMS):

A position report is sent by a closed-circuit tamper proof satellite system to the authorities every two hours ensuring a high level of monitoring to ensure that our vessels are following complex fishing regulations.

Electronic logbooks:

These are compulsory and report our catches
back to the authorities every 24 hours, again
making sure we are acting within government
quotas and restrictions.

Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM):

Currently being trialled on-board the Cornelis
Vrolijk Fzn. This involves on-board CCTV
cameras keeping a continuous video record of
trawl deck and factory deck operations. This
enables the enforcement agencies to monitor
all aspects of the vessel’s operations at all times
and has helped to demonstrate that these
pelagic fisheries are, indeed, clean fisheries
with zero discards.